Kepler-864

Planetary system · 6597.8 light-years away

Kepler-864 is 6,598 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,754 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-864 c goes round its star every 2.42 days, 36 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,754 K
Mass1 solar masses
Radius1 solar radii
Luminosity1.614 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.898
Ageabout 4.68 billion years
Distance from the Sun6597.8 light-years (2022.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.0571°, Dec 46.3206°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-864 c2.42 days0.0382 AU1.62 R⊕3.26 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-864 b5.83 days0.0687 AU2.4 R⊕6.35 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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